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How to change a directory junction point
Good Morning,
Recently I've been having problems with my Vista Ultimate. 1. It is my personal laptop with two users, me and Administrator. 2. While installing a program, I keep getting c:\Documents and Settings\All Users cannot be found. Install terminates. 3. When I do a dir /ad I see the following: Junction Documents and Settings [y:\Users] Junction Programs [y:\Users] The laptop configuration is: Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu T7700 2,40GHz 4GB RAM 32-Bit OS RAID0 Harddrive (2x250GB) The system has no Y: drive or partition. I have googled this problem and can find no solution. So my questions a 1. How can I change the Junction points? 2. If I go the route of re-applying the original system image, will I be able to use a backup to restore programs that have already been registered/activated (i.e. Office Home, etc.)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Jasper Very frustrated Vista user 8{. EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Silverlight 2: Doing Data Part VII: Custom Binary Serialization http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...oing-data.aspx |
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Hi All,
"Seek and ye shall find!" I found the solution to the problem. First, make a note of the directory(ies) that are linked. Then a simple rmdir will remove the linked directories. Next, used mklink command (mklink /? for help) to recreate the hard- and symboliclinks. Then everything should be back to normal. I have to figure out how to scan all directories for links (to make sure that I don't have other ghost links on the system.) Regards/Gr?? Jasper Jasper Freeman wrote: How to change a directory junction point 02-Oct-09 Good Morning, Recently I've been having problems with my Vista Ultimate. 1. It is my personal laptop with two users, me and Administrator. 2. While installing a program, I keep getting c:\Documents and Settings\All Users cannot be found. Install terminates. 3. When I do a dir /ad I see the following: Junction Documents and Settings [y:\Users] Junction Programs [y:\Users] The laptop configuration is: Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu T7700 2,40GHz 4GB RAM 32-Bit OS RAID0 Harddrive (2x250GB) The system has no Y: drive or partition. I have googled this problem and can find no solution. So my questions a 1. How can I change the Junction points? 2. If I go the route of re-applying the original system image, will I be able to use a backup to restore programs that have already been registered/activated (i.e. Office Home, etc.)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Jasper Very frustrated Vista user 8{. EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Generate Server Side Dropdown Menues http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...side-drop.aspx |
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Hi All,
"Seek and ye shall find!" I found the solution to the problem. First, make a note of the directory(ies) that are linked. Then a simple rmdir will remove the linked directories. Next, used mklink command (mklink /? for help) to recreate the hard- and symboliclinks. Then everything should be back to normal. I have to figure out how to scan all directories for links (to make sure that I don't have other ghost links on the system.) Regards/Gr?? Jasper Jasper Freeman wrote: How to change a directory junction point 02-Oct-09 Good Morning, Recently I've been having problems with my Vista Ultimate. 1. It is my personal laptop with two users, me and Administrator. 2. While installing a program, I keep getting c:\Documents and Settings\All Users cannot be found. Install terminates. 3. When I do a dir /ad I see the following: Junction Documents and Settings [y:\Users] Junction Programs [y:\Users] The laptop configuration is: Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu T7700 2,40GHz 4GB RAM 32-Bit OS RAID0 Harddrive (2x250GB) The system has no Y: drive or partition. I have googled this problem and can find no solution. So my questions a 1. How can I change the Junction points? 2. If I go the route of re-applying the original system image, will I be able to use a backup to restore programs that have already been registered/activated (i.e. Office Home, etc.)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Jasper Very frustrated Vista user 8{. EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Generate Server Side Dropdown Menues http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...side-drop.aspx |
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dir c:\*.* /ad /s |find "JUNCTION"
Will list all junctions. -- .. -- "Jasper Freeman" wrote in message ... Hi All, "Seek and ye shall find!" I found the solution to the problem. First, make a note of the directory(ies) that are linked. Then a simple rmdir will remove the linked directories. Next, used mklink command (mklink /? for help) to recreate the hard- and symboliclinks. Then everything should be back to normal. I have to figure out how to scan all directories for links (to make sure that I don't have other ghost links on the system.) Regards/Gr?? Jasper Jasper Freeman wrote: How to change a directory junction point 02-Oct-09 Good Morning, Recently I've been having problems with my Vista Ultimate. 1. It is my personal laptop with two users, me and Administrator. 2. While installing a program, I keep getting c:\Documents and Settings\All Users cannot be found. Install terminates. 3. When I do a dir /ad I see the following: Junction Documents and Settings [y:\Users] Junction Programs [y:\Users] The laptop configuration is: Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu T7700 2,40GHz 4GB RAM 32-Bit OS RAID0 Harddrive (2x250GB) The system has no Y: drive or partition. I have googled this problem and can find no solution. So my questions a 1. How can I change the Junction points? 2. If I go the route of re-applying the original system image, will I be able to use a backup to restore programs that have already been registered/activated (i.e. Office Home, etc.)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Jasper Very frustrated Vista user 8{. EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Generate Server Side Dropdown Menues http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...side-drop.aspx |
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dir c:\*.* /ad /s |find "JUNCTION"
Will list all junctions. -- .. -- "Jasper Freeman" wrote in message ... Hi All, "Seek and ye shall find!" I found the solution to the problem. First, make a note of the directory(ies) that are linked. Then a simple rmdir will remove the linked directories. Next, used mklink command (mklink /? for help) to recreate the hard- and symboliclinks. Then everything should be back to normal. I have to figure out how to scan all directories for links (to make sure that I don't have other ghost links on the system.) Regards/Gr?? Jasper Jasper Freeman wrote: How to change a directory junction point 02-Oct-09 Good Morning, Recently I've been having problems with my Vista Ultimate. 1. It is my personal laptop with two users, me and Administrator. 2. While installing a program, I keep getting c:\Documents and Settings\All Users cannot be found. Install terminates. 3. When I do a dir /ad I see the following: Junction Documents and Settings [y:\Users] Junction Programs [y:\Users] The laptop configuration is: Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu T7700 2,40GHz 4GB RAM 32-Bit OS RAID0 Harddrive (2x250GB) The system has no Y: drive or partition. I have googled this problem and can find no solution. So my questions a 1. How can I change the Junction points? 2. If I go the route of re-applying the original system image, will I be able to use a backup to restore programs that have already been registered/activated (i.e. Office Home, etc.)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Jasper Very frustrated Vista user 8{. EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Generate Server Side Dropdown Menues http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...side-drop.aspx |